Release Blitz: Wildfire: Garrett Leigh
WILDFIRE
GARRETT LEIGH
Release Date: September 8, 2022
A gorgeous new sexual awakening romance with sizzling first times, snarky British banter, and off-the-charts chemistry.
Life doesn’t always pan out as you expect. When it explodes in my face, literally, an old friend offers me a place to heal and a job renovating the kitchen of Burlington’s coolest wine bar.
V&V is a chill fest. Living above it should be a blast. But I’m not built to be a social butterfly. Not anymore. I’m a damaged man.
And I’m not its target clientele.
At least, I think I’m not until I come face to face with the most beautiful human I’ve ever seen. Joss is the new chef and my roommate. He has hair like spun gold and it’s as pretty as the rest of him. Crystal blue eyes. Megawatt smile.
I can’t stop staring. Or thinking about him. He chases my nightmares away. And when he spots my crush a mile off, his solution to our chemical attraction blows my mind.
An experiment of sorts. Science. Is this sexual exploration or sex education?
Either way, Joss is only here for the summer. He’s leaving.
I can’t fall in love with him.
I can’t.
Shame my foolish heart never got the memo.
An experiment of sorts. Science. Is this sexual exploration or sex education?
Either way, Joss is only here for the summer. He’s leaving.
I can’t fall in love with him.
I can’t.
Shame my foolish heart never got the memo.
WILDFIRE is a heartfelt MM friends-to-lovers, hurt/comfort romance in the True North world, with a brooding lumbersexual, a wild-hearted chef, sweet angst and all the Vermont food. Content warning: contains mentions of depression, ADHD, suicidal ideation, and PTSD recovery.
Kai: Needed a break from his former occupation so now is working on the construction on a new kitchen at V&V. He struggles with insomnia and PTSD.
Joss: The new British chef. He has his own set of complex issues that make him hard to keep up with at times and gets lost in his own head and is easily distracted. He is a nomad and always looking toward the next thing.
These two have their challenges and are not sure how long people will be willing to deal with them. But Joss makes Kai feel safe in their space. And Kai has a calming effect on Joss. They balance each other in ways they could not have predicted. Kai has never been attracted to a man before, but Joss is testing all of his preconceived notions.
This is an emotional, heartwarming, witty, sexy, bi-awakening, forced-proximity, hurt/comfort, new friends and roommates-to-lovers story with two men struggling with their own issues and just trying to find their way and a true home.
Their history and problems are different but equally challenging and they seem to fit together to provide balance. It is like their broken parts come together and make them whole. And how they build this connection, bond, and explore their physical chemistry are the core of the story. It’s very character driven. I think the author did a good job illustrating how their minds worked and how hard it was to deal with their negative thoughts or issues at times. But also showed how it helps them support the other. The conflict is from their circumstances and just their own personal journeys to figure out their purpose in life.
I got attached to both of these guys even if they caused me some anxiety at times because of their own anxiousness and thought processes. They both have such giving and caring hearts and just want to be understood, accepted, loved, and not to feel like they’re broken or not good enough. But they are also afraid of getting hurt or hurting the other one due to the situation.
This brings back some of the characters from the author's previous True North book, Heartscape and I enjoyed more with Jax, Tanner, and Molly.
I got attached to both of these guys even if they caused me some anxiety at times because of their own anxiousness and thought processes. They both have such giving and caring hearts and just want to be understood, accepted, loved, and not to feel like they’re broken or not good enough. But they are also afraid of getting hurt or hurting the other one due to the situation.
This brings back some of the characters from the author's previous True North book, Heartscape and I enjoyed more with Jax, Tanner, and Molly.
Garrett Leigh
Garrett Leigh is an award-winning British writer and book designer.
Garrett's debut novel, Slide, won Best Bisexual Debut at the 2014 Rainbow Book Awards, and her polyamorous novel, Misfits was a finalist in the 2016 LAMBDA awards.
When not writing, Garrett can generally be found procrastinating on Twitter, cooking up a storm, or sitting on her behind doing as little as possible, all the while shouting at her menagerie of children and animals and attempting to tame her unruly and wonderful FOX.
Garrett is also an award winning cover artist, taking the silver medal at the Benjamin Franklin Book Awards in 2016. She designs for various publishing houses and independent authors at blackjazzdesign.com, and co-owns the specialist stock site moonstockphotography.com with photographer Dan Burgess.
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